Setup Notification Mailers in oracle Apps R12 Functional

Instruction steps

1.)  Login to Oracle Application Manager with System Administrator.

2.)  Navigate to “Workflow Manager”  On Application Dashboard as shown:

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3)  If this is first time you are configuring Workflow Notification Mailer in Oracle Apps

you will see Notification Mailers as unavailable as shown in screenshot.

·   Click on the Notification mailers.

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4. Click the Workflow Notification Mailer. 

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5.)  Basic Configuration steps for Workflow Mailer.

·   The Outbound Server will By default set to the server Host name

Eg. “imap.gmail.com” for gmail

·   The Inbound server will have  the Mail Address of the desired person

or system administrator person who will receive the notification.

Eg. Server Name =                    imap.gmail.com

      Username    =           xx.rawat

       Password    =           ********* (Must be the original one)

      Reply to address =     xxrawat@gmail.com   

 

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Schedule Events.

·               Click the Advanced tab Button on the basic configuration page .Press next

button till you reach Schedule Events Page

                  

Step 1.Define

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Step 2.Details

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Step 3.Configuring Email server

         

·                           Inbound and Outbound server can be configured from this step also.

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For gmail: Inbound ServerName IMAP will be imap.gmail.com

For gmail: Outbound ServerName SMTP will be smtp.gmail.com

Step 4.Message Generation

·   Indicates parameters that can be dynamically changed while the process

   is running.

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Step 5.Scheduling the Events

·   Choose the Add a Row or Add Another Row button to add a new row to  

the list of events and enter the information for the event.

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·   You can schedule the following events to be raised to control the running of a notification mailer:

·         Refresh, Resume, Start, Stop, Suspend or Launch Summary

Notifications.

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Select the event for the command you want to schedule

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Step 6.Tags

·   Specify Strings of the text tat identify unusual incoming message such

  as returned or auto reply message.

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Step 7.Testing the Mail settings

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Step 8.Configuration Review

·   This page will display the configuration details for the workflow mailer.

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Step 9. After Configuring and successfully testing the “Test mailer” .Click the

apply button for storing the configuration settings.

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Step 10.Applying the configuration will again display the workflow notification

Configuration page .(Instruction step 4:page 7)

·         Status of mailer service is “Running” as shown in the picture

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Note: The Following Concurrent service must be running for the Workflow Mailer.

·   Workflow Agent Listener Service

·         Workflow Mailer Service

Starting the Concurrent Service

1.)  Login to E-business suite with System Administrator responsibility. Go to

     Concurrent manager then Administer Option.

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2.)  Check And Activate the Workflow mailer and Workflow Agent Listener.

·   As seen in this picture, the Workflow Mailer and Agent Listener service    

  are deactivated.

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Select Workflow Mailer service and Agent listener one by one and click the

     Activate button, if the services are  deactivated.

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·                                             After Activating the service ,For both Mailer service and Agent Listener:

Actual and Target Node must be equal to 1.

Known Issues:

1.    Login Page of Oracle EBS issue.

Solution: Run the below 2 concurrent programs with the parameters provided below using http://xxtestap.xxcomp.ae:xx52/forms/frmservlet.

1. Workflow Directory Services User/Role Validation

2. Synchronize WF LOCAL tables

Parameters:

P_Batchsize: default: 10000 recommend value: default

Fix dangling user/roles: default no Recommended value: yes

Add missing user/role assignments default: no Recommended Value: no/yes

2.    Email id should be exists in the wf_users table, it can be updated using the HRMS “Enter and Maintain” Screen.

3.    User Home preferences settings.

set notifications to send email .

4.    Check the java file version:

SMTPOutboundProcessor.java 120.8.12010000.15